| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CREEL, JUSTIN 0661 (AR09110138) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF PUBLIX (OWNER/VICTIM), TO WIT: TWO 4-PACKS OF 16 OZ BEER (STEEL RESERVE, $2.50 AND OLD MILWAUKEE, $2.89) TOTAL VALUE BEING $5.39, BY CARRYING AWAY THE SAID MERCHANDISE, WITH INTENT TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE, A MERCHANT, OF THE POSSESSION, USE, BENEFIT, OR FULL RETAIL VALUE OF SAID PROPERTY, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF LESS THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.015, 812.014(1), AND 812.014(3)(A). ON 072409 AT 0920 HOURS WHILE ON ROUTINE PATROL, I WAS IN the PARKING LOT OF PUBLIX IN INVERNESS WHEN I WAS FLAGGED DOWN BY THE MANAGER. HE ADVISED THAT A MALE WEARING A PLAID SHIRT, BLUE JEANS AND A HAT HAD COME INTO THE STORE WITH A SMALL LUGGAGE BAG, PUT TWO 4-PACKS OF BEER IN HIS BAG AND WALKED OUT. HE ADVISED HE APPROACHED THE SUBJECT and ASKED HIM TO RETURN TO THE STORE, TO WHICH THE MALE (LATER IDENTIFIED TO BE MR FREDERICK LONSDALE, IV) DENIED and CONTINUED WALKING. AT THAT TIME, HE POINTED ME TO WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS WALKING. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. UPON MAKING CONTACT, THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SOMEBODY AT PUBLIX HAD ACCUSED HIM OF STEALING SOME BEER, AT WHICH TIME, HE OPENED HIS LUGGAGE BAG AND PULLED OUT THE TWO 4-PACKS OF BEER. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED THAT HE DID NOT STEAL THE BEER and that HE HAD PURCHASED THE BEER FROM ANOTHER STORE AND WAS ON HIS WAY TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE. ALSO ON SCENE WAS DEPUTY CASEY PHILLIPS. DEPUTY PHILLIPS REMAINED WITH the DEFENDANT WHILE I made CONTACT WITH THE MANAGER AT PUBLIX. THE MANAGER SHOWED ME the VIDEO WHICH CLEARLY SHOWED THE DEFENDANT AT THE BEER AISLE GRABBING BOTH 4-PACKS OF BEER AND PLACING THEM IN HIS LUGGAGE BAG and THEN LEAVING THE STORE. I MADE CONTACT ONCE AGAIN WITH THE DEFENDANT. HE WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SECURED IN the back SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED to the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH RETAIL PETIT THEFT WITH HIS BOND SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
